comic planet publishes the new version of the saga of the most popular barbarian in history. Thus continues its 40 years of Conan stories in our country at the hands of the publisher. And in this new adventure we are going to enjoy a large number of artists who adapt the original stories by Robert Erwin Howard. The big difference, they are all European and each team will only do one piece. Variety and fidelity to the great pulp work that has overcome the barriers of time and media to be a legend.
Conan directs his steps where the wind carries him. On the coast of Argos he finds more than one problem, especially for beating the captain of the capital’s guard. His fortune leads him to join a pirate ship and start a life of raids. Until the Queen of the Black Coast arrives. Belit, the pirate, who will conquer the Cimmerian and complete him in a way she never dreamed of. But every story has an end, and Conan is a down-on-his-luck wanderer. His sandals will tread the jeweled thrones of the world, but he will do so only well into his maturity.
Jean-David Morvan and Pierre Alary are in charge of this new version. Being completely faithful to the story, they do not introduce anything that was not present or suggested in Howard’s work. There are no loincloths or big speeches. Conan is sullen and silent, he wears heavy armor to protect himself, and the races of the Hyborian Era respond to the imagination of their creator who united such disparate worlds as the most primitive African with medieval European civilization, or the ruins of a fallen civilization in misfortune and whose last member is a monstrous guardian of his legacy.
With a direct style, with few cartouches of narrative texts, all description is left to art. Morvan only acts as a narrator when the temporal ellipses need him and at specific moments of marked emotional character. He trusts that Alary safely shows all description with his drawing and the feelings in his narrative capacity, and it is a great decision. The writer knows what he needs, and does not overload the pages with text, and above all, thus directly adapts the pulp character of the stories, quick and agile reading and with plenty of action to entertain and enthrall.
Pierre Alary is an old acquaintance of pulp works, he has adapted Zorro in Don Vega and Sinbad, and has created his own turn-of-the-century character with Silas Corey. With a great talent for storytelling, he composes dynamic pages and likes small details such as framing the vignettes with the environment to give force to the situation. His character designs marry simplicity with attention to expressiveness, completing the narrative with remarkable clarity. A more than solvent artist for a work that is read in one go and leaves you wanting more.
Another detail to highlight about this new Cimmerian adventure from Planeta Cómic is that it has recovered the Comics Forum seal for the occasion. And it’s not going to be just Conan, other series will be published under the legendary brand. For those who are nostalgic, it is a wink of affection, and for newcomers, a way of discovering comics as the most veteran readers did, with the Forum brand.